Recommended Reading: Why I can’t celebrate the arrests in the Rehtaeh Parsons case

Let me begin by saying that I am a youth worker and have been for more than a decade.
Let me also begin by saying that I spent 5 years volunteering for the Victim Services Unit of the Halifax Regional Police to provide support for women affected by intimate partner violence.
I now work with women in prison and believe strongly in decarceration. I believe in the power of restorative justice. Let me say that I am a feminist.
Let me also say that today’s announcement of two arrests in the Rehtaeh Parsons case makes me sad. Although I still grieve the loss of Rehtaeh, and other youth I have known who have died under similar circumstances, I cannot celebrate these arrests.